PROTOCOL– Set of rules or language use by computer and networking devices to communicate with one another

SERVICE - A service use by computer and networking devices such as file and print services

Networking Protocols

TCP/IP - Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of communications protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet. TCP/IP uses several protocols, the two main ones being TCP and IP. TCP/IP is built into the UNIX operating system and is used by the Internet, making it the de facto standard for transmitting data over networks. TCP/IP uses an IP address a series of numbers divided by a dot example 100.1.1.1. TCP/IP is a connection oriented protocol.

UDP – User Datagram Protocol is a streamline economy class version of TCP which is connectionless but is very unreliable compared with TCP which is connection oriented

NetBEUI- Pronounced net-booey, NetBEUI is short for NetBios Enhanced User Interface. It is an enhanced version of the NetBIOS protocol used by network operating systems such as LAN Manager, LAN Server, and Windows for Workgroups, Windows 9 xs and Windows NT. NetBEUI does not support routing and thus cannot communicate in the Internet.

Apple Talk - Protocols use by older Apple computers

DLC Short for Data Link Control, an older protocol use to communicate with Mainframe computers and some older HP network laser printers.

NWLINK- Netware Link developed by Microsoft to communicate with Older Novell Netware networks

Dial Up and Remote Access Networking Protocols

PPP Short for Point-to-Point Protocol, a method of connecting to a computer to the Internet PPP is more stable than the older SLIP protocol and provides error-checking features.

SLIP-Short for Serial Line Internet Protocol, a method of connecting to the Internet another more common method is PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol). SLIP is an older and simpler protocol, but from a practical perspective, there's not much difference between connecting to the Internet via SLIP or PPP. In general, service providers offer only one protocol although some support both protocols.

RAS – Dial up Protocol service use for connecting to a Microsoft Remote Access Server

PPPoE- Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet used for connecting multiple network users on an Ethernet LAN to a remote site through a common device. Very popular with DSL and wireless

Transferring File Protocols

FTP - Abbreviation of File Transfer Protocol, the protocol used on the Internet for connection oriented transferring of files. Popular protocol for uploading and downloading pages

TFTP – Trivial File Transfer Protocol is a connectionless FTP as opposed to FTP which is connection oriented

World Wide Web Protocol

HTTP - Short for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. It lets the browser communicate with the web server.

HTTPS – HTTP Secure with built in SSL (Encryption)

Newsgroup Protocols

NNTP - Short for Network News Transfer Protocol, the protocol used to post, distribute, and retrieve USENET, BBS or newsgroup materials

Directory protocols

LDAP - Short for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, a set of protocols for accessing information directories. LDAP is based on the standards contained within the X.500 standard, but is significantly simplep2">